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GRESB leader now 100% green loan financed

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... US$75 million syndicated sustainability-linked loan earlier this year. The property company established its Sustainable Finance Framework in 2020, designed to support sustainability-linked bonds and loans. Scentre Group was awarded Global Sector Leader ...

Student accommodation provider inks billion-dollar SLL

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... than 80% of Scape's operational portfolio, said Scape chief financial officer Tim Peel. "SLLs and similar sustainable finance instruments are relatively new to the Australian property sector so it is significant that Scape is undertaking this SLL, as ...

France "Say on Climate" law scrapped

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... "Its removal from the text clearly illustrates the government's lack of political will to move forward on sustainable finance." The group said that a Say on Climate law should be made mandatory, but that it should be developed further to prevent greenwashing. ...

NZ solar attracts $170 million international capital raise

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... to reducing emissions associated with electricity usage," he said. "As an investor with a strong focus on sustainable finance and its potential positive long-term impacts, we look forward to contributing to New Zealand's efforts to reduce carbon emissions ...

Responsible investment AUM declines but uptake increases: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... and mainstream settings as well as well as regulator expectations as well as broader policy engagement w/ sustainable finance." The report revealed a strong uptake in capital flowing to more sustainable investments in 2022 with sustainability-themed ...

Bridging the ESG gap: strategies for institutional investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... standards (37%), and inadequate skills (36%). Thanks to a lack of clarity from the European Commission on its Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), Bloomberg Intelligence found 70% of all Article 9 ETFs were last year downgraded because they ...

Investors consider greenwashing when setting net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... differences in those jurisdictions, there's a lot to navigate. "If you just take the topic of climate and sustainable finance taxonomies, there are different taxonomies in Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, there's also an ASEAN taxonomy. ...

Data centre operator refinances multi-billion-dollar sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... underwriters and bookrunners for the loan. "Deutsche Bank is proud to have partnered with AirTrunk on a series of sustainable finance transactions as a Sustainability Structuring Agent, starting with their first KPI-linked syndicated loan in 2021," Deutsche ...

Industy veterans named to sustainable finance taxonomy working group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia is one of two leaders of the body that will develop an Australian sustainable finance taxonomy. The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) has named former RBA deputy governor Guy Debelle and EY climate ...

Sustainable finance heavyweight to chair National Reconstruction Fund board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Sustainable finance expert and cofounder of Pollination Group Martijn Wilder will be the inaugural chair of the $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund (NRF) board. The NRF will invest in manufacturing projects cross seven priority investment areas ...